Texas Research Association (TRA) is a multidisciplinary research organization aimed on advancing the intersection of science and technology with the goal of publishing in national and international journals and conferences.
The research clubs are kind of siloed. You join one, you stick with one. TRA is not like that. We take people from CS, pre-med, physics, biology, and put them on the same team to work on the same problem. We started this because the most interesting work happens on the edge. The people who end up doing something new are the people who refused to specialize too early. You don't need to be a research person to be part of this. You just need to be curious, be willing to read things that are hard, and be willing to not know the answer.
Designing noise-resilient quantum circuits using multi-objective evolutionary architecture search for NISQ hardware.
Develops an AI model that predicts real-time organ viability during transport by identifying when an organ is at risk of decline enabling faster decision-making and optimized routing for transplant teams.
Investigating genetic mutations in epithelial ovarian cells, proteins, and protein regulators to understand their effects on ovarian cancer via data analysis.
TRA adds a new research stream every year as the club grows. If you have an idea for what it should be, we want to hear it.
Open to any UT Austin undergrad. You don't need to have done research before, you just need to actually want to.